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‖ yava|ˈjɑːvə|
Variant of kava; cf. ava.
1774W. Wales Jrnl. 26 June in J. Cook Jrnls. (1961) II. 846 They [sc. the Tongans] brought off with them the Yauva, or pepper-Root. 1804Ann. Rev. II. 196/1 The eyes of the great yavva drinkers are much blood-shot. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) II. 641 It [sc. Bucnemia tropica] is also indigenous to the Polynesian isles, where it takes the name of yava-skin, as being supposed to originate from drinking the heating beverage called yava. |